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News, Entertainment, Opinion, Community and Girl-on-Girl CultureSat, 10 Dec 2016 04:22:57 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.144096166Holigay Gift Guide 2016: (More) Books for the Queer Academichttps://www.autostraddle.com/holigay-gift-guide-2016-more-books-for-the-queer-academic-359726/
https://www.autostraddle.com/holigay-gift-guide-2016-more-books-for-the-queer-academic-359726/#commentsThu, 08 Dec 2016 20:00:26 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=359726What do you get for the person who is perpetually tired, underpaid, and overworked? More books, obviously. ]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/holigay-gift-guide-2016-more-books-for-the-queer-academic-359726/feed/17359726Lez Liberty Lit: The Premise for Empathyhttps://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-premise-for-empathy-361651/
https://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-premise-for-empathy-361651/#commentsThu, 08 Dec 2016 17:15:23 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=361651Stealing diaries; the oldest library; a conversation on women, bodies and writing; a peek at Roxane Gay's forthcoming book; "The Lottery" in Stars Hollow and more.]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-premise-for-empathy-361651/feed/43616518 Queer High Fantasy Books For Your Epic Sword-Wielding Needshttps://www.autostraddle.com/8-queer-high-fantasy-books-for-your-epic-sword-wielding-needs-358270/
https://www.autostraddle.com/8-queer-high-fantasy-books-for-your-epic-sword-wielding-needs-358270/#commentsMon, 05 Dec 2016 15:00:39 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=358270Like, Guy Gavriel Kay, but queer. Tolkien, but queer. Melanie Rawn, but queer. ]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/8-queer-high-fantasy-books-for-your-epic-sword-wielding-needs-358270/feed/108358270Things I Read That I Love #216: More Fun Than The Law Allowshttps://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-216-more-fun-than-the-law-allows-361080/
https://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-216-more-fun-than-the-law-allows-361080/#commentsFri, 02 Dec 2016 17:14:36 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=361080Topics include Double Dare, The Enchanted Tiki Room, Donald Trump's conflicts of interest, coming out late in life, Legos and more!]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-216-more-fun-than-the-law-allows-361080/feed/18361080Anna-Marie McLemore’s “When the Moon Was Ours” Is a Testament to QPOC Life and Lovehttps://www.autostraddle.com/anna-marie-mclemores-when-the-moon-was-ours-is-a-testament-to-qpoc-life-and-love-357920/
https://www.autostraddle.com/anna-marie-mclemores-when-the-moon-was-ours-is-a-testament-to-qpoc-life-and-love-357920/#commentsThu, 01 Dec 2016 23:00:24 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=357920"When the Moon Was Ours not only touches on qpoc life and gender roles and social constructs, but it beautifully and brutally explores what it means to be a queer teen of color in a world constantly rejecting and defining who you should be."]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/anna-marie-mclemores-when-the-moon-was-ours-is-a-testament-to-qpoc-life-and-love-357920/feed/6357920Lez Liberty Lit: Reading For Resiliencehttps://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-reading-for-resilience-359526/
https://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-reading-for-resilience-359526/#commentsThu, 24 Nov 2016 13:00:46 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=359526Post-election reading recommendations, endless love for Zadie Smith, new Joan Didion, how we talk about women's lives and more.]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-reading-for-resilience-359526/feed/6359526Joshua Jennifer Espinoza’s “There Should Be Flowers” Is A Piercing Look At The Physicality Of Trans Women’s Liveshttps://www.autostraddle.com/joshua-jennifer-espinozas-there-should-be-flowers-is-a-piercing-look-at-the-physicality-of-trans-womens-lives-356446/
https://www.autostraddle.com/joshua-jennifer-espinozas-there-should-be-flowers-is-a-piercing-look-at-the-physicality-of-trans-womens-lives-356446/#commentsMon, 21 Nov 2016 21:33:13 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=356446There Should Be Flowers is a healing map, a compass that shows us back to the world after having left it for too long – that allows us to live inside the pain and love ourselves anyway.]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/joshua-jennifer-espinozas-there-should-be-flowers-is-a-piercing-look-at-the-physicality-of-trans-womens-lives-356446/feed/5356446Things I Read That I Love #215: They Drank Champagne and Ate Cake, and She Told Him She Was Happyhttps://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-215-they-drank-champagne-and-ate-cake-and-she-told-him-she-was-happy-359276/
https://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-215-they-drank-champagne-and-ate-cake-and-she-told-him-she-was-happy-359276/#commentsFri, 18 Nov 2016 18:53:36 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=359276Topics include Donald Trump in 1997, The Tower of Terror, My So-Called Life, Steve Bannon, Tom Hanks, Chipotle, Carl's Jr, how we break, and more!]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-215-they-drank-champagne-and-ate-cake-and-she-told-him-she-was-happy-359276/feed/9359276“Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation” Is The Book For Right Nowhttps://www.autostraddle.com/radical-dharma-talking-race-love-and-liberation-is-the-book-for-right-now-357012/
https://www.autostraddle.com/radical-dharma-talking-race-love-and-liberation-is-the-book-for-right-now-357012/#commentsTue, 15 Nov 2016 15:25:06 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=357012Is there enough room to practice compassion at the same time that we notice we’re being manipulated and dehumanized? How much of our own humanity is taken away from us when we don’t allow ourselves the emotional space to practice love in any circumstance?]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/radical-dharma-talking-race-love-and-liberation-is-the-book-for-right-now-357012/feed/32357012Lez Liberty Lit: Wonder Woman for Presidenthttps://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-wonder-woman-for-president-357747/
https://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-wonder-woman-for-president-357747/#commentsThu, 10 Nov 2016 13:00:53 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=357747Literary ASMR, exclamation points and emoji, queer retellings as reclamation, Zadie Smith, recordings of Black women poets and more.]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/lez-liberty-lit-wonder-woman-for-president-357747/feed/33577478 Middle Grade Books with LGBTQ Charactershttps://www.autostraddle.com/8-middle-grade-books-with-lgbtq-characters/
https://www.autostraddle.com/8-middle-grade-books-with-lgbtq-characters/#commentsMon, 07 Nov 2016 13:00:26 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=354290"I have a very precocious eight year old daughter who began speaking at nine months and decided that she would marry a woman before she turned two. She learned the term lesbian from the show Supergirl, and now matter of factly proclaims herself a lesbian to anyone."]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/8-middle-grade-books-with-lgbtq-characters/feed/41354290Things I Read That I Love #214: It Was Time To Leave The Noise And The Bodies Behindhttps://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-214-it-was-time-to-leave-the-noise-and-the-bodies-behind-357140/
https://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-214-it-was-time-to-leave-the-noise-and-the-bodies-behind-357140/#commentsFri, 04 Nov 2016 12:00:17 +0000http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=357140Topics include Dominos pizza, Cracker Barrel, leaving New York City, an alcoholic sportswriter, Stitch's Great Escape, Kesha and SO MUCH MORE]]>https://www.autostraddle.com/things-i-read-that-i-love-214-it-was-time-to-leave-the-noise-and-the-bodies-behind-357140/feed/10357140